The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-16

Bcn, camp, DhNls, boilSiuos vi "oheiao"'
Frank, Garrison, Greg, Harrison, Houston,
Jarvis, simkins and woods--l5. 'hi'Ne'
Nays-Burgess, Burney, Calhoun. Clai-
borne, Douglass of Grayson, Gasscock,
Knittle, Lane, McManus, Stinson, Terrell,
Upshaw and Woodward-l3.
Messrs. Mcdonald and Pope were paired.
The former would vote year and Mr.. Pope
nay,
The minority then, by the same vote, was
adopted.
Adjourned till 3 p. m.
Afternoon session: Unfinished business,
house high license b,ll
| Bells amendment, striking Out the
clause which prohibits billiard tables in the
house with saloons, was adopted.
Claiborne's amendment to also strike
out pool tables was rejected. et
Woodward-Amendmen 10 strike
out the word knowingly, which refers to
the sale of aduterated liquors. Rejected.
Claiborne 49, Amendment providing no.
tices to saloon keepers shall be made by the
sheriff or other peace officer Adopted.
Lane tried u get in permit to keep pool
tables in saloons when not used for
gambling, and succeeded.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO permit minors
TO enter saloons on business. Rejected.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to permit sale Of
mcdlcated bittcrs not Intoxicating. Adopt
ed.
The bill then failed on passage TO third
reading.
Terrell moved to reconsider the vote.
A motion to table failed.
Motion to reconsider prevailed, and the
high license tax was then stricken out of
the bill and the remaining section amended
so that IT has the appearance of being tor
nado-swept. In this shape 1t passed TO
third reading.
House bill amending the game laws was
passed.
House bin regulating the manner Of e.
tablishing county boundaries, the only
change from tn existing law being to re-
quiro county commissioners courts instead
of county courts to have charge and indi-
cate line OF survey.
Various amendments were adopted and
I'm very tattered and torn shape il passed
to third reading.
House bill to dispense with juries in c0ro-
ners' inquests passed.
House bill eXempting one cotton bale
and wood pile with other exempt property
forced sale, on final passage.
The cotton bale was stricken out and only
the wood pile left, and on final vote the bill
passed.
Senate bill relating to impounding estrays
was pending when the senate adjourned.
THE House.; The vote by which the
Gresham bi relative to ofenses against
property was passed to engrossmcnt was
reconsidered, and there will doubtless be
another effort to kill 1t with amendments
when IL comes up again.
Senate amendments to the bill eXempting
certain counties from the law for the nspec-
ton of stock were concurrcd in.
Faubion introduced bill TO authorize the
Penitcntiary Board to manufacture or pur-
chase cars to transport supplies for the pen
itcntiaries and all manufactures or products
of convict labor, TO make an appropriation
therefor, and to require railroad companies
to have the cars provided for. |
Senate bill to require railroad companies
when fencing their right of way to leave
: crossings or openings was passed to third
reading. ..4@s..
Senate bin to provide for the sale Of scrap
lands was taken up, but pending its consd.
Grafton the hour ar lived for the special or
der, the senate land bill. ea.r
The question was upon the motion to re-
iect the committee report, which proposed
practically to substitute the house bill for
the senate bill.
! Tate made lengthy speech in support OF
the committee report; he thought both bills
were good, and either would be n decided
improvement on the present law, but com
pared their provisions to show the advan-
tage OF the house bill. ..'t
showalter and McGauchey spoke for the
senate bill. the former characterizing the
house bill as free-Tass measure.
, At the afternoon session speeches on the
land bill were made by Browning. Prender.
CAST, Kirllcks and Bell OF Denton, Browning
and Bell favoring the house bill and the
others the senate bill. The motion TO reject
the committee report, which proposed to
substitute the house bill for the senate bill
was adopted by a vote Of 81 ayes to .
noes.
House bill to prevent detention Of railway
trains or injury to trains or other railway
property passed.
House adjourned.